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House of Commons Justice Committee Releases Dangerous Report Furthering Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR)

Ottawa, ON – December 10, 2024 – Today, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights released a report titled “Islamophobia on the Rise: Taking Action, Confronting...Read More

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December 11, 2024

FIRST READING: Quebec vows to 'fight' Islamism (National Post)

Quebec Premier François Legault says he will "never, ever accept" people disrespecting Quebec's "fundamental values"

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December 10, 2024

Quebec launches inquiry into campus safety following Middle East conflict tensions (True North)

“The Quebec government will not tolerate the Middle East conflict to be imported into Quebec,” he wrote in a post to X on Tuesday

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December 10, 2024

Carleton University faces backlash for employing professor convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing (The Canadian Jewish News)

Carleton University is under significant scrutiny from Israeli universities and Jewish advocacy groups for employing Hassan Diab, a professor convicted in absentia by a French court for a 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris that killed four people and injured 46.

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December 09, 2024

Shimon Fogel: The fight against antisemitism has to be more than just words (National Post)

At this point words are not enough. We need action from government

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December 08, 2024

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, December 8, 2024

This week, we expressed our dismay – but not surprise – at the most recent report from Amnesty International that, while purporting to be independent, is imbued with anti-Israel bias....Read More

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December 08, 2024

‘SHAME ON YOU’: Complaints flooded Mayor Olivia Chow’s inbox after Oct. 7 (Toronto Sun)

In the days after her absence from a vigil one year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, Mayor Olivia Chow got an earful, emails released to the Toronto Sun show.

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December 07, 2024

Mayor Chow got emails about Oct. 7 vigil, documents show (Toronto Sun)

Dozens of pages worth of emails, released to the Sun after a freedom-of-information request, appear to show at least two messages about the Oct. 7 vigil were delivered to Chow’s inbox well before the event took place.

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December 06, 2024

François Legault a un message pour les «islamistes»: il veut interdire la prière dans l'espace public (Le Journal de Montreal)

Le premier ministre François Legault veut interdire la prière dans l'espace public et fustige les «islamistes» qui tentent d'inculquer leurs valeurs aux élèves du Québec.

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December 06, 2024